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Much of the tidal wave's energy is sprawling and very deep below the sea surface. As a result, tidal waves may not be barely noticeable at sea but can extend miles inland upon reaching the coast.
A tidal bore, which is a large movement of water formed by the funnelling of the incoming tide into a river or narrow bay; A storm surge, or tidal surge, which can cause waves that breach flood defences
The tidal wave, a Kelvin wave, enters the domain in the lower left corner and travels to the right with the coast on its right. The sea surface height (SSH, left panels of animation 1), the tidal elevation, is maximum at the coast and decreases towards the centre of the domain.
The number of hospital beds in England occupied by patients with flu has increased by 70% in a week, NHS England said, as it warned of a “tidal wave of flu hitting hospitals”.
A tidal bore, [1] often simply given as bore in context, is a tidal phenomenon in which the leading edge of the incoming tide forms a wave (or waves) of water that travels up a river or narrow bay, reversing the direction of the river or bay's current. It is a strong tide that pushes up the river, against the current.
Hospitals in England are battling a “tidal wave” of flu as admissions increased by more than two-thirds in seven days, new data shows. The number of hospital beds occupied by patients with the ...
A tidal wave can often be described as a sum of harmonic waves. The principal tide (1st harmonic) refers to the wave which is induced by a tidal force, for example the diurnal or semi-diurnal tide. The latter is often referred to as the tide and will be used throughout the remainder of this article as the principal tide.
The Internet is the most important single development to come along since the IBM PC was introduced in 1981," Gates wrote in the 1995 memo, describing the internet as a "tidal wave" with profound ...